Ahmedabad: After the Morbi Jhulta bridge accident, now all 82 bridges of the municipality will be tested
All 82 bridges in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area will be tested. The state government has ordered testing of all bridges after the Morbi suspension bridge accident. All the bridges in Ahmedabad will be tested in three phases. In which Rs 22.10 per square meter will be paid for the first test of the bridge. Rs 81 per square meter will be paid for the second test of the bridge. Whereas Rs 302 will be paid every time under the test of the bridge for the third time. The first inspection of a bridge in Ahmedabad will cost around Rs 2 lakh. State government all
Metros and municipalities have been ordered to inspect bridges.
Hatkeshwar bridge will eventually be demolished
The decision has been taken to demolish the Hatkeshwar bridge which has been in dispute for a long time. Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner M Thenarsan has announced this. Along with this, information has also been given to prepare a new bridge in two to two and a half years. It has been decided to demolish the Hatkeshwar bridge in Ahmedabad built at a cost of Rs 40 crore. The report of the expert committee has revealed that the performance of the bridge is poor. Whereas this bridge will now be demolished. At the same time action will be taken against the agency and the construction agency. Also, the Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner has informed that a police complaint will be lodged in this matter.
The flyover built at a cost of Rs 40 crore was not capable of carrying the load of trucks
The four-lane flyover in Hatkeshwar area of Ahmedabad city was inaugurated in 2017. But that bridge got dilapidated in no time. The flyover built at a cost of Rs 40 crore was not capable of carrying the load of trucks. As a result, structural equipment transferring the weight of the bridge superstructure along with the traffic load was damaged. Not only this, many incidents of gap on the bridge also came to the fore one after the other. After this it was finally decided to break the bridge.
